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This shall be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
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A Sign of Confirmation
Scholars, particularly John Calvin, note that this sign was not meant to persuade the people to repent. Instead, it was a 'retrospective' sign. Its purpose was to be fulfilled alongside their punishment, proving after the fact that God's word was true and their judgment was just, leaving them without excuse.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Earnest as the preceding expostulation was, Jeremiah sees that it has produced no effect. He therefore utters his last warning, and with this last …
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah seals his prophecy by adding a sign which, however, was to be coincident with it. It was not then, as they say, a premonstrative sign. And…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this [shall be] a sign unto you, says the Lord, that I will punish you in this place In Egypt, as before threatened; …
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Whatever evil comes upon us, it is because we have sinned against the Lord; we should therefore stand in awe, and sin not.
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